KPK Summons M Taufik In Pulo Gebang Land Procurement Corruption Case

Mohamad Taufik was removed from his position as Deputy Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD. (Antara)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned DKI Jakarta DPRD member Mohamad Taufik today, Tuesday, March 14. He will be questioned regarding the alleged corruption in land acquisition in Pulogebang, Cakung, East Jakarta.

"The investigation was carried out at the Corruption Eradication Commission," said the Head of the KPK's Reporting Section, Ali Fikri, to journalists, Tuesday, March 14.

In this case, the KPK also summoned five other witnesses, namely the Main Director of Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya Agus Himawan Widiyanto, Civil Servant Safruddin, Senior Manager of the Finance and Accounting Division of Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya Mohamad Wahyudi Hidayat, an employee of Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya Yulia Afifah Noerjanah and Secretary of DPRD DKI Jakarta Firmansyah.

It is hoped that Taufiq and the five witnesses will comply with the investigator's summons. Their statement is needed to investigate allegations of land acquisition corruption in Pulogebang.

For information, allegations of land acquisition corruption in the Pulo Gebang sub-district, Cakung District, East Jakarta occurred in 2018-2019. This process is carried out by Perumda Sarana Jaya.

However, the KPK has not specified who the suspects are. However, a series of investigative efforts have been carried out including conducting a search.

On January 18, the KPK searched the DKI Jakarta DPRD building on Tuesday, January 18. There were six rooms that were searched, including work rooms on floors 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and the staff of Commission C DPRD DKI.

From this activity, evidence was found in the form of documents and electronic evidence allegedly related to land acquisition in Pulogebang. All of these findings will be investigated by the KPK and confiscated to complete the case file.